Weather-guard for freight-car doors.



No. 65|,005. Patented June 5, I900. S. H. CAMPBELL. WEATHER GUARD FORFREIGHT GAR DOORS.

(Application filed Apr. 5, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STERLING I-I. CAMPBELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE Q 85 HCOMPANY, OF ILLINOIS.

WEATHER-GUARD FO'R FREIGHT-CAR DOORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,005, dated June5,1900.

Application filed April 5, 1900. Serial No. 11,637. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, STERLING H. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather-Guards for Freight-Car Doors, ofwhich the following is a specification,and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof.

This invention relates to the weather-guard applied to the rearward sideof a sliding freight-car door and its object is to provide means foreffectually excluding rain, snow, and dust by so deflecting theair-currents that they will pass by and not enter the joint whichnecessarily exists between the member of the guard which is attached tothe carbody and the member which is attached to the door, and thisobject is attained by the construction hereinafterfully described andwhich is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 isa detail side elevation of the body of afreight-car and its door, someof the parts being broken away. Figs. 2 to 5 are detail sections on theline 2 2 of Fig. 1 and show slight variations in the form of the guard.I

The car-body is represented at 10, and a sliding door of any desiredform of construction at 11. The rear door-post is shown at 12 and, as isusual in car construction, projects beyond the side of the car-body.v Ametal plate is attached to this post and extends from top to bottomthereof and hasv a leaf 13, which projects backwardly from the post andis inclined inwardly toward the The particular means for securing theplate to the post is not material. Preferably the plate is made angular,having the one leaf 13, already described, and another leaf, which liesagainst the post and may be secured thereto by means of screws orotherwise. This attaching-leaf may either lie along the rearward face ofthe post, as shown at 15, or it may be secured to the outer face of thepost, as shown at 16, 17, and 18. The angle of the plate, if theconstruction of Fig. 2 is followed, will be at the outer rearward angleof the post 12. If the attachingleaf lies against the outer face of thepost, the angle may be in the same place as shown 'in Fig. 3, or theattaching-leaf of the plate may be longer, as shown in Figs. Land 5, theangle being somewhat removed from the post.

A guard-plate is attached to the door at its rearward end and extendsfrom top to bottom thereof. This plate extends inwardly from the face ofthe door, sothat its inner edge is substantially in line with the inneredge of the deflecting-plate 13. It may be an angleplate, having a leaf19, adapted to lie against and be attached to the inner face of the doorand having an inclined leaf 14, which projects inwardly and forwardly,or it may be attached directly to the rearward edge of the door, asshown at 20, and may consist of a flat plate, as shown in Fig. 4, or anangle-plate, as shown in Fig. 5, the angle being at the inner angle ofthe door, the projecting portion 21 of the plate being inclinedforwardly. The construction shown in Fig. 3 is somewhat preferable tothe others because cheaper of manufacture, the two plates beingidentical in form.

The trouble from rain and snow and dust is mainly encountered when thecar is traveling in such direction that the rearward edge of the door isin advance. The air-currents enter the pocket bounded by the door,doorpost, and side of the car-body, following along the latter and beingdeflected outwardly by the post.

In all forms of construction heretofore in use a joint has been leftinto which the aircurrents thus deflected may enter, reliance havingbeenplaced upon the tortuous form of the passage to prevent the moistureand dust from entering the car. In the construction herein shown theair-currents when debe caused to enter therein, especially if the plateattached to the door does not project beyond the edge of its companion.This result is accomplished in all of the forms of construction shown inthe drawings,the essential consideration being that the plate attachedto the post be inclined inwardly and backwardly and that the guard-plateattached to the door cover the pocket necessarily existing between thisinclined plate and the inner face of the door.

I claim 1. In a weather-guard for sliding car-doors, a plate adapted forattachment to a door-post and to incline backwardly and inwardly fromthe front face thereof.

2. In a freight-car, in combination, an outwardly-projecting door-post,and a plate attached thereto and having a leaf inclined backwardly andinwardly from the front face thereof.

3. In a freight-car, in combination, an outwardly-prjoecting door-post,and a plate attached to the front face thereof and extending backwardlyand inclined inwardly.

4. Ina freight-car, in combination, an outwardly-projecting door-post, asliding door, a plate secured to the post and extending backwardly andbeing inclined inwardly from the front face thereof, and a plate securedto the door at its rear end and extending inwardly beyond the plane ofthe inner face of the door to substantially cover the first-named plate.

5. In a freight-car, in combination, an outwardlyeprojecting door-post,a sliding door, a plate secured to the post and extending backwardly andbeing inclined inwardly from the front face thereof, and a plate securedto the door at its rear end and extending inwardly and being inclinedforwardly beyond the plane of the inner face of the door tosubstantially cover the first-named plate.

STERLING II. CAMPBELL. lVitnesses:

PAUL CARPENTER, E. M. KLATCHER.

